Celebrating 50 together

24/09/2021 | Reform

The United Reformed Church celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. Francis Brienen and Andy Jackson, Convenors of the anniversary planning group, look ahead

No one thought in 1972 that the URC would reach its silver jubilee, let alone golden. It … Read More

Meals for the neighbourhood

24/09/2021 | Reform

People who have lost income due to Covid are putting food on the table thanks to an award-winning project in Wolverhampton. Stephen Tomkins reports

Lea Road United Reformed Church in Wolverhampton has long history of looking out for local people … Read More

Knox’s graven image

24/09/2021 | Reform

Peter Stanford reflects on the statue of Scotland’s iconoclastic reformer

I CAN’T HELP WONDERING what John Knox would make of his lifesize statue standing against the north wall of the nave of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh’s Old Town, sometimes … Read More

Any earthly use

24/09/2021 | Reform

Can the church make an effective response to climate change? asks Andy Atkins of environmental charity A Rocha UK, in the first of a three-part series

The world is now waking up, belatedly, to the fact that we are in … Read More

A good question: Is Christianity woke?

24/09/2021 | Reform

One question, four answers

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This is an extract from an article published in the October 2021 edition of Reform

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Up from the streets

24/09/2021 | Reform

Claud Jackson talks to Stephen Tomkins about finding value in a world of drugs and guns

Claud Jackson was a young man of tremendous, but vulnerable, enthusiasms. Some come up in this interview. One that does not, but he mentions … Read More